The shopkeeper had time to answer, but he suddenly heard the chaotic footsteps at the door, and someone laughed: "It's still the old shop and the old shop, let's see." ”

Another said: "Yes, yes, sincerely." His voice was hoarse, and then there was a knock on the door.

The shopkeeper nodded to Wu Yunzhao and the others, and turned around and responded, "What's the matter with the official?" ”

The rough voice said: "The old man is good, the next time he will be exempted, let's do business with peace of mind." ”

The shopkeeper was overjoyed when he heard this, and said loudly: "Thank you, thank you, the official has worked hard!" ”

After a burst of laughter, there was no movement outside the door.

The guy leaned on the crack of the door and looked at it, waved his hand and said, "Shopkeeper, it's okay, it's okay." ”

The shopkeeper covered his heart and muttered, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, you guys hurry up to the kitchen, it's time to prepare meals for the guest officers." ”

The men answered, but they didn't dare to open the door.

The shopkeeper's face was relaxed at this time, and his voice was released, and he said, "Forgive me, three guest officers, this door has to be closed for a while." ”

Wu Yunzhao and the others didn't care.

Long Batian asked: "Shopkeeper, listen to what you mean, that group of people just now are from the government?" ”

The shopkeeper sighed and said, "Not really." The common people are having a hard time. Since a month ago, the official lord has issued an order to add money, the old man I have lived for such a long time, and it is not the first time I have met him, I thought, add it, I can't get along with the big man, honestly send the money up, and the business can continue to work safely and steadily. Since my grandfather's generation, our family has opened a store here, and over the years, I have some foundation. He smiled and continued: "Don't panic if you have money." I estimate the number,

When the money is ready, I will wait for when I will receive it and when I will send it, so I don't feel at ease about it. ”

Gu Qianshan finished eating the apple, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and interjected: "Why are you so scared?" And say they're strongmen? "A naïve look that doesn't know the world.

The shopkeeper smiled: "The son is still young and doesn't know the sinister way of the world." I found a fellow and instructed, "Bring some snacks for the little boy." Then he said: "My grandson is also so old, and he moved to the south with his father, and the old man is afraid that he will not be able to hold this bone, and he is also afraid that he will lose his ancestral business, so he will not follow along." ”

At this time, the guy came over with a plate of preserved fruits and a plate of pastries.

The shopkeeper took them one by one, put them in front of Gu Qianshan, looked kind, and said: "This child is really good-looking, with fine skin and tender meat, and he is liked." He pushed the plate and said, "It's time to eat, eat less, and eat slowly in the house later." ”

Wu Yunzhao said: "Thank you grandfather yet." ”

Gu Qianshan said obediently: "Thank you, grandpa." ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "Good, good." Squinted his eyes, rubbed his legs with his palms, and continued: "I didn't feel at ease at the beginning, but I didn't expect to receive it so ruthlessly." I've been doing business here for so many years, and I've known a lot of people. Among them, there is a good relationship, that is, the rough and rude official of Fang Cai. Our two families are world friends, he has to call me uncle, and I call him nephew. ”

"I learned from his mouth that this time the bonus is not ordinary, and a few copper plates can't be sent. For a shop like mine, at least fifty taels of silver. ”

"When I heard it, my heart was cold. In today's world, who are there to come, it would be good if I could receive fifty taels a month, plus the salary, where would I pay it back

What is left. I just asked, are they all like this? Is it the same elsewhere? Thinking about whether you can be accommodating and accommodating. ”

"My nephew said, it's more ruthless elsewhere, let's settle it here. He said, "Uncle, this doesn't count, there used to be a fixed time for cashiers, and this time I just remembered it once." As long as there is not enough place, the eldest master takes the order from above, and we have to make offerings below. After a pause, he sighed: "He asked me to either pay one or two times of silver and move away quickly, or pay the silver obediently in order to save my life." ”

Long Batian hugged his arms and said, "Hey, this is more ruthless than a strong man." Fifty taels a month, one hundred taels in two months, it doesn't know when it will come, if it comes once every half a month, even the treasury can't withstand it. ”

The shopkeeper had a bitter face and sighed, "Who says it's not." Then I asked him, what are you doing up there, so short of silver? Is it to build a palace and a house, or to repair embankments and roads, or to prepare military salaries? I want money from above, and that's all there is to it. ”

Wu Yunzhao said, "What did your old nephew say?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "He said, the little prince is dead, and he has to repair the tomb." What Taoist priest or monk did the saint listen to, for the sake of the stability of the country, the wind and rain are smooth, how and how to build this tomb, what gold paves the road, silver builds the door, agate cushions the coffin, white jade beats the coffin, the grain has to fill several warehouses, seven seven forty-nine or nine eighty-one, I can't remember, what strange things are put in. ”

"He said a lot, and I didn't understand what it was, but I knew it was all valuable. I heard that as long as this big tomb is built, what demons and monsters, evil spirits, and filth will be suppressed, our jade country, hehe, when the time comes, it will be amazing, and the foreign hairs don't need to be beaten, and they will die. The luck of other countries has come to our jade country. Phantom Moon Academy